Spring has finally arrived and brought a welcome change in the weather. August was an exceptionally wet month, and then we had gale-force winds to contend with. A big shout out and thank you to our staff who turn up and work hard in these testing conditions. Both our ground staff and riders are to […]
Unwanted by punters, having drifted to 80/1 with the TAB, the Theresa Bateup-trained Prized Alwyns was still an eye-catching winner at Canberra on Friday. First-up for the stable in the 1750m Class One Plate, it was some sort of training effort as the 5YO Prized Icon mare put a streak of eight unplaced runs behind her to
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Bateup Racing finished off the 2024 /2025 racing season in great style with an impressive race-to-race double at Sapphire Coast, followed by a very close 2nd at Warwick Farm with Tartana on 30th July. Sir Sublime controlled the race throughout and was rated perfectly by Brock Ryan when leading all the way to win over 1600m at Sapphire on 27 July. In
Trainer Theresa Bateup believes Direct Fire and Tartana will give her one of her best chances to get to the $1 million Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships showpiece on home turf at Kembla Grange on Saturday. Bateup will saddle up both chances in the $150,000 Provincial-Midway Qualifier (1400m) and believes the talented duo can make their presence
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The Leyland brothers have nothing on Theresa Bateup. The hard-working Kembla Grange trainer has “travelled all over the countryside” with her horses in the last week and a half. “In nine days I went to Gosford, Nowra, Albury, Goulburn, Wagga, Moruya and Port Macquarie,” she said. “Albury (where Bateup had success) and Port Macquarie were
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Tough as guts Kembla Grange galloper Direct Fire showcased his determination when holding on for a memorable victory in Sunday’s $80,000 Bega Cup. Ridden by Amy McLucas for trainer Theresa Bateup, the four-year-old worked hard for the lead in the 1600m Sapphire Coast Turf Club feature race, and turning for home, there was a wall of
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Theresa Bateup’s home track assault is in the hands of the Weather Gods again and is on the hunt for the sting of the ground for consistent campaigner Tartana if she gets the go ahead for Kembla Grange on Thursday. Tartana has been a great money spinner for the Bateup yard with three wins and
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We kicked off the new racing season in great style with 3 winners and numerous placegetters for the month. Kickamushu notched up our first win of the season when she produced a dominant front running display at Nowra for Lee Magorrian Mystic Diva broke through for an overdue win at Moruya for Quayde Krogh. In
WHEN it comes to yearling sales, Theresa Bateup doesn’t need to think twice to name her favorite. The Kembla Grange trainer went home with a quinella result at Moruya on Sunday with two “girls” she purchased at Inglis Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association auctions in Sydney. Mystic Diva ($3.60), ridden by Quayde Krogh, defeated stablemate
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We finished off the 2023 /2024 racing season in great style!! Our final meeting of the season was at Sapphire Coast on the 28th July where we had 2 winners, a second placing and 4 x third placings. Tartana continued her consistent form, easily winning The Eden Cup which was the main race on the
